Our goal is to provide relevant information for AEC and facilities management professionals, including posts on building information modeling, facilities management, Autodesk building solutions such as AutoCAD Architecture and Revit, and ARCHIBUS software.

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07/10/2018

Complying with federal (as well as local) regulations can be difficult when you have multiple systems, processes, and teams collecting the data. Are they tracking the right information? Do they have a paper trail? How do you ensure you have the proper documentation for the many reporting agencies?

Healthcare Compliance with ARCHIBUS can help alleviate some of the issues associated with regulatory compliance for healthcare.

05/08/2018

When I started working in facilities management, few organizations placed much emphasis on facilities outside of cost center. Perceptions have changed significantly as management realized how physical environments impact worker productivity and customer experience. ARCHIBUS recently put out a brief video, which provides a powerful argument for focusing on people, places and purpose to move organizations forward.

02/08/2018

Savvy facilities management teams are using technology to manage life safety issues throughout the year and then refer to that information at audit time.

ARCHIBUS Healthcare Compliance is one example of this technology in action. The visual system makes it easy to see and log where deficiencies exist on different floors and in different rooms. From one interface, healthcare facilities managers can send work order requests for immediate corrective action, , create plans for improvement, and track the history of different issues.

When auditors from The Joint Commission (TJC), NFPA, DNV GL, or other accrediting organizations come onsite, it’s easy to quickly call up details about various deficiencies and the plan of action. Auditors get the information they need quickly, rather than waiting for facility managers to search through paper files.

By staying on top of key life safety deficiencies, hospitals and healthcare organizations can avoid negative audit results and potential closures. Adopting comprehensive healthcare compliance systems allows facility management teams to proactively defend against financial and reputational damage to the organization.

To learn more about the role of technology that can play in facilities management and healthcare compliance, feel free to reach out to us.

02/05/2018

Dealing with deficiencies is typically a paper-and labor-intensive process. Many surveyors walk the facility with paper floor plans in hand to flag problems while making notes. This information is often then entered manually into Excel spreadsheets, work order systems, and more. Duplicate data entry is not only inefficient, it’s also error prone.

ARCHIBUS Healthcare Compliance eliminates these issues by taking a paperless approach to life safety monitoring. With a mobile app, surveyors can drop deficiencies directly onto a digital floor plan. They can easily attach photos and other details. ARCHIBUS automatically synchronizes the information entered into the mobile app with a central data repository. Thanks to ARCHIBUS Healthcare Compliance’s integration with other facility management systems, teams can generate work orders with the click of a mouse. Once a deficiency is resolved, the facility manager can close it in ARCHIBUS and the history of actions is recorded for future reference.

A paperless approach to compliance just makes sense. It saves time, money, and is more accurate. To learn more about ARCHIBUS Healthcare Compliance, feel free to contact us.

02/01/2018

Accreditation is serious business for hospitals and healthcare organizations. There are many aspects to the accreditation process and facilities management plays an important role. Life safety deficiencies, for example, can close a hospital’s doors resulting in financial and reputational damage.

ARCHIBUS Healthcare Compliance is a new solution that supports proactive facilities management for hospitals and healthcare organizations. It streamlines the accreditation audit process and quickly generates the information that auditors from The Joint Commission, NFPA (National Fire Protection Association), and other accrediting agencies look for.

ARCHIBUS Healthcare Compliance supports hospital facilities managers long before the accreditation auditors arrive onsite. Surveyors can use the ARCHIBUS mobile app to identify deficiencies as they walk the facility. The graphical interface enables surveyors to flag deficiencies on the digital floorplan, rather than carrying reams of paper. This information is then synchronized with a central data repository.

Once deficiencies have been identified, work orders can be generated seamlessly. ARCHIBUS integrates with hospital work order systems, eliminating the need to enter information into multiple systems. If a deficiency will take longer than 45 days to resolve, the facilities management team can create a plan for improvement (PFI) in ARCHIBUS and copy that information directly to the TJC website.

On the day that the accreditation auditors arrive, the facilities management team can quickly access requested information in ARCHIBUS. ARCHIBUS Healthcare Compliance demonstrates a commitment to comprehensive tracking of life safety issues. As accreditors drill down into specific deficiencies, they may inquire about past actions. ARCHIBUS Healthcare Compliance captures the history of every deficiency to provide a comprehensive audit trail.

03/12/2015

A lot of facilities managers are tasked with ensuring their building operations are as 'green' as possible. In this technical whitepaper, our expert goes through some of the ways you can use ARCHIBUS to keep track of (and therefore 'greenify') things like:

Hazardas Materials

Environmental Health & Safety

Waste Management

Knowing what you have is the first step to being able to use what you know. For more help with your facilities management systems, contact the IMAGINiT team.

03/04/2015

Room numbering can be maddening. Ever been to a campus where one building the room numbers alternated even on one side and odd on the other only to find that the next building has letters instead of numbers?

02/11/2015

Our facilities management support team created many how-to documents available in the ProductivityNOW Portal.

Externally referneced files (XREFs) sometimes happen to show as background to the data you're viewing in ARCHIBUS. It's a good idea to clean that XREF drawing first, if you can. This how-to whitepaper shows you 8 tips to make things run smoother, cleaner and faster. This is especially handy when viewing, publishing and printing.